Blue jeans have been woven throughout American history since they were created in 1873. In their humble origins, jeans began as durable work pants used by gold miners and workers, but over time For years, jeans have become a word synonymous with America and a marketable fashion around the world that has exploded into many different styles and shapes for every generation and gender. Today it would not be unusual to find a woman wearing trendy jeans with high heels, or a gentleman wearing jeans under a sport coat. The evolution of the popularity of jeans ranges from the creation of denim in the 17th century to their current use by all famous designers to increase their popularity among consumers. The denim material was first created in Nîmes, France, where a French family by the name of Andre tried to imitate a type of Italian corduroy that was popular during that time. Denim was made from a durable type of twill fabric called serge, and its name comes from the name of the city where it was created. It was originally called "serge de Nimes", which was shortened to simply denim. The abbreviated word "denim" was first listed in Webster's English Dictionary in 1864. It was listed as a coarse cotton workmanship used for overalls, etc. . Filling threads are stretched across the width of the fabric and interwoven at ninety degree angles with warp threads, also stretched across the length of the fabric. This creates an interwoven pattern of diagonal lines called a twill weave. It is this process and the resulting diagonals that make denim so strong and distinguishes it from cotton duck, another durable fabric from the ear... to the center of the paper... giving rise to their positive image in contrast to their rebellious image in the 1950s By the 1970s the thought of jeans as a sign of rebellion was officially dead. Jeans started to become even more glamorous and customizable. It was the golden age for denim as more and more styles were introduced and older styles remained in fashion. There were almost unlimited different shapes and accessories for jeans. As trade rules became less restrictive, we began importing jeans made in sweatshops in southern countries, where workers worked long hours for low pay; so jeans were made more cheaply and less expensive to purchase. The jeans craze began to spread to other countries, and in 1971 Levi Strauss & Co. won the Coty Fashion Critics Award for becoming a global fashion influence. In 1977, the very first pair of Calvin Klein "designer jeans" was created.